President Lincoln’s Raisin Cookies

How to Make

• Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Step 2: Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

• Step 3: In large bowl cream together sugar and butter, then add egg and mix well.

• Step 4: Sift ingredients together in another bowl.

• Step 5: Add to wet ingredients stir until combined.

• Step 6: Add raisins,(or currants) stir, then cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit in refrigerator for 1 hour (you can leave the dough in fridge up to 12 hours).

• Step 7: (Or roll into along and wrap with Saran wrap and put in fridge and slice and bake)

• Step 8: On lightly floured surface roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness.

• Step 9: With a cookie cutter cut out cookies and place 1 inch apart on baking sheet.

• Step 10: With a pastry brush lightly brush cookies with milk, then sprinkle with sugar.

• Step 11: Bake for 8-12 minutes or until edges start to lightly brown.